Education
University of Warwick.
politician private secretary Chief Secretary
University of Warwick.
Of Indian descent, Malhotra is a former management consultant who worked for Accenture and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She founded the Fabian Women"s Network and was a previous National Chair of the Young Fabians. While Labour was in government before 2010 she worked as an adviser for Liam Byrne and Ian Austin when they were regional ministers for the West Midlands.
Following Gordon Brown"s resignation as Labour leader in the wake of the 2010 general election she was the special adviser to Harriet Harman during her tenure as Leader of the Labour Party.
Malholtra entered Parliament in December 2011 after securing a majority of 6,203 in the Feltham and Heston by-election. In August 2014 she was given, by Editor Miliband, the newly-created role of Shadow Minister for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls.
The role within Labour"s Home Affairs team made her responsible for championing the causes of victims of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence as well as female genital mutilation, forced marriage and prostitution and trafficking. On 13 September 2015, Malhotra was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in Jeremy Corbyn"s shadow cabinet.
55th United Kingdom Parliament. 56th United Kingdom Parliament.